26-07-2006, 08:03 PM
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New SATA Hard Drive
Hi, i am thinking about getting another hard drive as my current Samsung 160gb and Western Digital Caviar SE 250gb are nearly out of space, i was thinking about purchasing one of the following: Western Digital 320GB SATA II, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB, Samsung SpinPoint T HD300LJ 300GB or Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB. SATA II can work with older SATA right?, Also, which of those hard drives is the best?
I am wanting to keep my 2 current hard drives in aswell, there both IDE, it's possible to use IDE and SATA together right?, and how would i configure the sata hard drive to work?
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26-07-2006, 07:34 PM
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26-07-2006, 07:39 PM
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i have about 4 sata power connectors in a box for the PSU somewere, the thing i done understand is, some SATA hard drives has a regular Molex connector, so whats a SATA power connector do?
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26-07-2006, 08:14 PM
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My SATA drive doesn't work using a standard molex, I bought a convertor from my local PC shop for a quid that converts a molex plug to a sata power plug. It looks just like the attachment.
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i didn´t know SATA drives somtimes come with molex connectors, if the drive has a molex connector, use molex
if it doesn´t, use the SATA connector or an adaptor Quote:
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26-07-2006, 08:24 PM
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Some have both the molex and SATA power connector to make the switch over easier for people. Not necessary at all these days, but certainly a nice gesture. If you have a drive with both power connectors, use one or the other, not both. You can damage the drive that way apparently.
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Yea, mine have both. There is a sticker on the back that says not to use them both. I used the 2 SATA connectors on my PSU and then used molex for the other 2.
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